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Land off Station Road, Lower Stondon, Bedfordshire: Stage 1 Archaeological Trial Trenching and Stage 2 Investigation |
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Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Planning permission was granted for the erection of 80 residential dwellings, associated access and landscaping on land off Station Road, Lower Stondon The Central Bedfordshire Council Archaeologist confirmed that the first stage of the work would comprise an archaeological field evaluation. The strategy comprised the excavation of 10 trenches, which were evenly spread across the area . During monitoring of the evaluation an extension to Trench 3 was agreed in order to further expose and investigate an archaeological feature. This work represented Stage 2 of the archaeological investigation. The isolated early-middle Iron Age features in Trench 3 comprised a possible windbreak, a pit and two relatively ephemeral postholes. A small quantity of pottery, animal bone and charcoal was recovered from the features. No further evidence for contemporary settlement was found within the area and, given the paucity of the recovered artefacts and ecofacts, it is assumed that the features lie at some distance from any domestic focus. The majority of the features within the trial trenches are interpreted as agricultural features of medieval or post-medieval date, possibly including a headland bank associated with the pre-Inclosure field system. Trenches 1, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 did not contain any archaeological features, only modern land drains that might have been laid on the line of medieval furrows |
Author: |
J Oetgen
I Turner
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Publisher: |
Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Central Bedfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2020
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Land off Station Road, Lower Stondon |
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Bedfordshire |
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Central Bedfordshire |
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STONDON |
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England |
Grid Reference: 516028.6, 235436.6 (Easting, Northing)
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albionar1-279065 |
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2017/109 |
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Created Date: |
16 Feb 2021 |